WEBER: At the moment, I’m the director of the New Economic School in Moscow. Along the way, we learned that people who like to talk about talking, who have an intense interest in language, often come by that intensity through personal experience. For John McWhorter, it began when he ...
And he chose Columbus. And in New York, in 1792, the anniversary of Columbus's landing was commemorated for the first time. Now, other cities, uh, Philadelphia and Baltimore followed. And... Student: But why Columbus? And why then? Professor: Well, to Pintard it was a way to build ...
Rarely has this insight seemed more relevant than it does right now. Still, an essential puzzle remains: How did we come to be this way? In a new book, “The Enigma of Reason” (Harvard), the cognitive scientists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber take a stab at answering this question. ...
“Man, I don’t get it, why did we have to stop playing?” They didn’t want us to leave the building, they just wanted us to stop playing. They were making announcements and I couldn’t hear them. But apparently, people were walking in the concourses and they were afraid that the...
we've gone on our separate ways and we’re doing great," Perry told New York's 106.7 in 2018. "Arnel is a great singer and he's been in the band for 10 years. But yeah, I don't think that's where I'm at right now. It took forever for me to find the passion for music ...
because it has a positive vision of the future." Spiner said. "But to tell you the truth, I don't know what is so positive about it. We are still blowing people away. We carry guns. It's a joke. It's like that illusion that it is somehow all about peace. It's really not."...
Over the years various friends tried to get me into the Dead, and I eventually buckled when I saw the TV series “Freaks and Geeks.” There are all sorts of hidden Dead references in the show, and it sold me on them—I had to see what it was all about. I chose to do the...
most agree on, however, is that Reeves gave it to members of the film crew. However, Kym Barrett, one of the rumored beneficiaries, spoke toFox Newsand dispelled that myth. "I mean, he's very nice," she said. "He plays with my kids. We love working with him, but no, no checks...
finding the one that works best for you is the challenge. I think it’s the same with spirituality. There are too many “religions’ and non-religions to count, all with pretty much the same goals – to add or find a larger meaning to life and enrich our day-to-day while we are ...
the reluctant TV star, has gone a different route, appearing in a reality dating show on the Bravo network called "To Rome For Love." "Down Home With the Neelys," however, lives on in perpetuity, thanks to the magic of reruns — even though we now know it was all a sack of lies....